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The Executive Presence Blog:

6 Ways to Exert More Influence at Work

Tips to Influence Everyone from Your Bosses to the Office Bully

3. Influence in Teams

The old cliche "there is no I in team" might be correct in literal terms, but as anyone who's ever been a part of team knows, teams are always made up of individuals; each with their own style, cultural background, experience, and preference for how to work. One way to exert influence in teams is to make sure attendant differences and diversity serve as sources of creativity and out-of-the-box thinking and where various perspectives are highly valued.  

Gender balance in mixed teams is also something to watch for to increase team influence. Research shows that teams where neither gender's presence serves as tokenism -- i.e. one woman on a team of seven, and where no-one feels like a minority -- perform much better than those where gender imbalance is obvious. If you can staff or at least recommend teams with a gender ratio of at least 60-40, chances for team success increase profoundly.

 

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